2020/07/28 by Daniel Maria Busiello, Busiello, Daniel Maria, Paolo De Los Rios +3
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph) #Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth #Micro and Nano Robotics #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2007.14242
openalex publication_date 2020/07/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Enhanced diffusion and anti-chemotaxis of enzymes have been reported in several experiments in the last decade, opening up entirely new avenues of research in the bio-nanosciences both at the applied and fundamental level. Here, we introduce a novel theoretical framework, rooted in non-equilibrium effects characteristic of catalytic cycles, that explains all observations made so far in this field. In addition, our theory predicts entirely novel effects, such as dissipation-induced switch between anti-chemotactic and chemotactic behavior.